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• 10-spot: Cardinals score 10 runs in 1st inning vs Braves

  09-10-2019 23:52
  ATLANTA (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have scored a record 10 runs in the first inning of the decisive Game 5 of the NL Division Series against the Atlanta Braves.
  The biggest first inning in MLB playoff history stunned the crowd at SunTrust Park on Wednesday and put the Braves on course to tie a big league record with their 10th straight postseason first-round loss.
  Atlanta starter Mike Foltynewicz, who pitched seven scoreless innings in Game 2, retired only one hitter. A huge error by f
  
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• Penguins place Alex Galchenyuk on injured reserve

  09-10-2019 23:42
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward Alex Galchenyuk on injured reserve after he aggravated an undisclosed injury that limited him during the preseason.
  Galchenyuk joins center Evgeni Malkin and forward Bryan Rust and Nick Bjugstad on IR for the Penguins, who are off to a 1-2-0 start. Galchenyuk, acquired in an offseason trade with Arizona, has two assists in three games.
  Pittsburgh forward Patric Hornqvist sat out practice on Wednesday. Hornqvist left a 4-1 loss to Win
  
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• Oklahoma attorney who harbored fugitive is suspended

  09-10-2019 23:42
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma attorney who pleaded no contest to harboring a fugitive has been suspended by the state Supreme Court.
  The court on Wednesday suspended 34-year-old Shelley Lynn Levisay of Shawnee from practicing law.
  Levisay has until Oct. 21 to offer any reason to lift the suspension and until Nov. 19 to show why a final order of discipline shouldn’t be imposed and offer evidence “to mitigate the severity of discipline.”
  The order does not say what disci
  
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• The Star Gets It Right About Pima County Standardized Test Scores

  09-10-2019 23:41
  Since my last post was a rant about some misleading headlines in Tuesday's Star, let me begin this post by saying, the headline for this Star article is right on the money.Pima County students lag rest of Arizona in passing standardized math tests
  Here's what I like about it.First, it focuses on Pima County, not TUSD.…
  
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• Ornate desk owned by late oil magnate headed to Oklahoma

  09-10-2019 23:37
  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An ornate conference-room table where the late legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens made billion-dollar deals and hosted VIPs in his Dallas office is heading to the Oklahoma Capitol.
  Officials at Oklahoma State University announced Wednesday that the 24-foot-long table and 22 leather chairs will be loaned to the governor’s office for the next 10 years. A university donor purchased the four-pedestal desk, inlaid with golden cherry and walnut wood, and donated it
  
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• Claytoon of the Day: Chinese Dribbling

  09-10-2019 23:34
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• Burfict’s appeal of suspension for rest of season denied

  09-10-2019 23:33
  Oakland Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict’s appeal to overturn his suspension for the rest of the season for a helmet-to-helmet hit has been denied.
  Appeals officer Derrick Brooks ruled Wednesday that he would not reduce the longest suspension ever handed down for an on-field infraction. Brooks is appointed jointly by the NFL and the NFLPA and heard Burfict’s appeal of the ban for the final 12 games of the regular season and the playoffs.
  He upheld the decision handed down last week
  
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• Defying Dems’ probe, Trump makes impeachment more certain

  09-10-2019 23:29
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House letter vowing to defy what it calls the “illegitimate” impeachment inquiry has put President Donald Trump on a more certain path to actual charges. His refusal to honor subpoenas or allow testimony would likely play into formal accusations against him.
  The letter sent by White House Counsel Pat Cipollone said the president would not participate in the impeachment investigation. Democrats say that just gives them reason to write an article of im
  
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• 2 deaths near military base investigated as murder-suicide

  09-10-2019 23:28
  BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Court records show the shooting deaths last month of a Nebraska airman and his wife are being investigated as a murder-suicide.
  The Omaha World-Herald reports that an affidavit for a search of the home of Sgt. Zachary Firlik and his wife, Kari McManigal Firlik, says their bodies were found in an upstairs bedroom in a military housing residence south of Omaha. The affidavit says security for Offutt Air Force Base, which is investigating, believes the Sept. 28 slayings
  
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• Trump says he plans to get involved in diplomat’s wife case

  09-10-2019 23:24
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s planning to get involved in the case of an American diplomat’s wife who left the U.K. after becoming a suspect in a fatal wrong-way crash.
  Trump on Wednesday called what happened “a terrible accident” and said his administration would seek to speak with the driver “and see what we can come up with.”
  He noted that Brits drive on the left side of the road, while in the U.S., people drive on the right side.
  
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• Trump’s Syria announcement blindsided many GOP supporters

  09-10-2019 23:23
  WASHINGTON (AP) — When it came to President Donald Trump’s announcement that U.S. forces would no longer protect Syrian Kurds from a Turkish invasion, his supporters knew as little as his critics.
  For once, Republicans and Democrats in Congress were in the same place: out of the loop.
  All the effort by Republicans to assuage and court the mercurial president meant little in terms of their ability to dissuade him from a decision that most of them opposed.
  Republicans found out about t
  
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• Ex-ICE agent faces federal charges for impersonating officer

  09-10-2019 23:21
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a former agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement accused of helping an inmate escape from a local Kansas jail by impersonating an immigration officer.
  Forty-two-year-old Andrew J. Pleviak was indicted Wednesday on a charge of false impersonation of a federal officer.
  He is accused of falsely identifying himself as another man who is an actual ICE agent in an effort on Sept. 3 to free an inmate held at the Kingman County jai
  
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• Argentina rallies to draw 2-2 against Germany in friendly

  09-10-2019 23:10
  DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — A weakened Argentina side came from two goals down to earn a 2-2 draw against an injury-hit Germany team in their friendly on Wednesday.
  Playing without the suspended Lionel Messi — and the likes of Gonzalo Higuaín, Ángel Di María or Sergio Agüero — the visitors still managed to cancel out first-half goals from Serge Gnabry and Kai Havertz with second-half strikes from Lucas Alario and Lucas Ocampos, who scored on his debut.
  Ge
  
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• Officials find more fetal remains connected to late doctor

  09-10-2019 23:01
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say additional fetal remains have been found in Illinois stashed inside a car that belonged to a doctor who performed abortions in Indiana.
  Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said in a news release that Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s relatives and Will County Sheriff’s Office investigators found the new remains Wednesday.
  Hill said last week that more than 2,200 sets of preserved fetal remains found in Klopfer’s garage in Will County, Illinois, las
  
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• Bedbound and ‘bored stiff’ Ozzy Osbourne cancels tour dates

  09-10-2019 22:45
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ozzy Osbourne says he’s going off the rails on a crazy train while stuck at home with health woes, but plans to be back on track soon.
  Osbourne says in a video posted to Twitter Wednesday that in a “bad fall” early this year he “screwed up all the vertebrae” in his neck.
  The 70-year-old says he’ll have to cancel European tour dates that had been scheduled for January and February, but he’s recovering enough that he’s keepin
  
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• Morocco government reshuffle aims for ‘new blood’

  09-10-2019 22:44
  RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has reshuffled its government, cutting the number of ministers and junior ministers from 41 to 24.
  No top ministries were touched by Wednesday’s changes.
  The government restructuring comes after King Mohammed VI said he wanted “new blood” in the Cabinet with “officials who are capable of raising performance levels.”
  The ministers for health, culture, tourism and higher education are among the new faces.
  Political analyst Karim Aya
  
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• Judge won’t dismiss case on wages of immigrant detainees

  09-10-2019 22:42
  SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s effort to force a privately run immigration jail to pay its detainees minimum wage for work they perform can continue, after all.
  U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan in Tacoma said last month that he intended to dismiss the case, and he invited state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and lawyers for the GEO Group, which runs the detention center, to comment on a proposed order he planned to file.
  Upon reviewing those further arguments, the judge said Wednes
  
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• 4 Your Health: Study shows cooking at home may lower risk of exposure to dangerous chemicals

  09-10-2019 22:29
  (NBC News)- A change in your income may be bad for your heart.
  Researchers followed nearly 9,000 people from four parts of the country for about 17 years.
  Those who experienced a drop in income of at least 50 percent had a higher risk of heart disease.
  An increase in pay of at least 50 percent was associated with a lower risk.
  Cooking at home may lower risk of exposure to dangerous chemicals
  Cooking at home may lower your risk of being exposed to dangerous chemicals linked to cancer.
  Researchers
  
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• Florida congressman turns Trump support into recognition

  09-10-2019 22:14
  NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Long before Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was calling the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee “Captain Kangaroo,” he built a reputation as an agitator who wasn’t shy about calling out other lawmakers on social media or with reporters.
  During a news conference Tuesday, Gaetz mocked Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff of California, who is leading the impeachment probe into President Donald Trump’s conversation with the Ukraine about pol
  
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• Chargers dealt another setback as Pouncey placed on IR

  09-10-2019 22:14
  COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers have been dealt another setback with center Mike Pouncey going on injured reserve Wednesday.
  Coach Anthony Lynn said the nine-year veteran will have season-ending neck surgery after being injured during the first half of last Sunday’s 20-13 loss to the Denver Broncos. Dan Feeney will move to center and Forrest Lamp will take over at left guard.
  This is the second significant injury the Chargers have had on their offensive line. Left
  
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• The Latest: Adoptions in trafficking scheme won’t be undone

  09-10-2019 22:05
  PHOENIX (AP) — The Latest on an Arizona county official accused of human smuggling in an adoption fraud scheme (all times local):
  1:38 p.m.
  Officials in three states say they will not try to undo or interfere with dozens of adoptions done as part of a human smuggling scheme that led to charges against an Arizona county assessor.
  Prosecutors in Arizona, Utah and Arkansas said Wednesday that they consider the adoptive parents to be victims in the scheme along with the biological mothers who
  
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• Petr Cech joins British ice hockey team as goaltender

  09-10-2019 22:05
  LONDON (AP) — Former Chelsea and Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech is trying his hand — or glove — at ice hockey.
  The 37-year-old Cech, who retired from playing soccer in the summer and rejoined Chelsea in a backroom role, has signed for British lower-division hockey team Guildford Phoenix as a goaltender.
  Cech is an avid follower of the NHL and said he played the sport as a youngster in the Czech Republic.
  “I am delighted to have the opportunity to play with the Phoenix to ge
  
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• Franchise QB? Rosen will remain Dolphins’ starter

  09-10-2019 22:05
  DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores says this year’s quarterback competition has been decided, and Josh Rosen is the winner.
  After supplanting veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick in Week 3, Rosen will start for the third game in a row Sunday against Washington, and the job will remain his going forward, Flores said Wednesday.
  Rosen ranks 34th in the 32-team NFL in passer rating, completion percentage and touchdown passes. The Dolphins are 0-4, and Rosen has a 3-12 career record
  
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• Residents in high-rise near UA to be evicted after alcohol-pouring incident

  09-10-2019 22:03
  TUCSON – Police have located the Sol y Luna tenants accused of vandalizing the Islamic Center of Tucson, the center announced Wednesday afternoon.
  According to ICT, an eviction process is underway and the “balcony of the offending unit has been sealed.”
  According to city officials, the latest bottle-throwing tenants at Sol y Luna have been located by law enforcement, and…
  Posted by Islamic Center of Tucson on Wednesday, October 9, 2019Irfan Sheikh, the Chairman of t
  
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• Bipartisan Senate bill could block military sales to Turkey

  09-10-2019 22:03
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A sponsor of an emerging bipartisan Senate bill that would punish Turkey for its invasion of northern Syria says the measure could immediately block U.S. arms sales to Turkey.
  Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland tells The Associated Press that he and Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina are also discussing penalizing other countries that sell weapons to Turkey. He says it could also apply sanctions of some senior Turkish officials.
  Van Hollen says the
  
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• Detroit 16-year-old charged in slaying of her newborn

  09-10-2019 21:46
  DETROIT (AP) — A 16-year-old Detroit girl has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of her newborn earlier this year.
  The Wayne County prosecutor’s office says the teen is being charged as a juvenile and faces an Oct. 25 pretrial hearing at a juvenile detention center.
  Prosecutors say the girl gave birth Feb. 21 in the bathroom of an apartment on the city’s eastside.
  The newborn was stabbed multiple times, wrapped in a towel and placed in a purse. The pur
  
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• Chicago releases watchdog probe of Laquan McDonald shooting

  09-10-2019 21:46
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s law department has publicly released the city watchdog’s investigative reports related to the 2014 fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white police officer.
  The City Council passed an ordinance weeks ago that empowers the law department to release the Inspector General’s office findings in certain circumstances, including cases involving police officers and other city employees in which somebody died.
  The reports into the police
  
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• Southwest grounds 2 planes after finding cracks in key part

  09-10-2019 21:42
  DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is grounding two Boeing jets after finding cracks in parts that connect wings to the fuselage.
  A Southwest spokesman said Wednesday that the airline reported its findings to Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration, which didn’t immediately comment.
  The FAA ordered airlines to inspect Boeing 737s, starting with jets that have made at least 30,000 flights, after cracks were found in planes undergoing work in China.
  Southwest spokesman Brian Parri
  
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• Police say data card shows woman’s killing, man in custody

  09-10-2019 21:40
  Police in Alaska say a man is in custody after videos were found on a digital memory card depicting a woman being assaulted and killed.
  Anchorage police say a caller last week reported finding the card on a city street.
  They believe human remains found along a highway earlier this month are those of the woman depicted in the videos.
  Authorities are working to identify the woman and her manner of death.
  Police say they obtained a warrant for the arrest of 48-year-old Brian Steven Smith on a murde
  
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• AP Top 25 Podcast: How No. 5 LSU unleashed its passing game?

  09-10-2019 21:34
  The explosive, spread-the-field passing game that LSU has been over-promising and under-delivering for years is finally reality. On the latest AP Top 25 College Football Podcast presented by Regions Bank, Ross Dellenger of Sports Illustrated join AP’s Ralph Russo to break down all of Week 7’s big games, with deep dive on No. 5 LSU against No. 7 Florida.
  Behind quarterback Joe Burrow and new passing game coordinator Joe Brady, the Tigers are threatening to smash school records and bre
  
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• Turkey says its ground forces have crossed the border into northern Syria

  09-10-2019 21:33
  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey says its ground forces have crossed the border into northern Syria.
  The post Turkey says its ground forces have crossed the border into northern Syria appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• Activists and war monitor say at least 7 civilians killed in Turkish strikes in northeastern Syria

  09-10-2019 21:28
  BEIRUT (AP) — Activists and war monitor say at least 7 civilians killed in Turkish strikes in northeastern Syria.
  The post Activists and war monitor say at least 7 civilians killed in Turkish strikes in northeastern Syria appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• US nuclear, uranium mining industries hope for Trump bailout

  09-10-2019 21:21
  WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators are hoping for a bailout in the name of national security.
  President Donald Trump is scheduled to get recommendations Thursday from a federal task force studying ways to revive domestic uranium mining.
  The Nuclear Energy Institute representing uranium mine companies has asked the task force for tax breaks and other financial support.
  The industry has lagged amid global competition and low uranium ore prices.
  
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• Judge: Dantonio’s deposition can wait until after season

  09-10-2019 21:21
  GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio can wait until after the football season to give a deposition in a former employee’s lawsuit.
  The judge did not limit the scope of the deposition, although Thomas Kienbaum, a lawyer for Dantonio, said the judge did offer to provide possible supervision for the depositions of Dantonio, former athletic director Mark Hollis and former school President Lou Anna Simon. Kienbaum said the deposition
  
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• For 1st time, Joe Biden calls for Trump to be impeached

  09-10-2019 21:19
  ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Wednesday for the first time that President Donald Trump must be impeached for abusing the powers of his office to help his own reelection.
  Biden made the remarks as part of a blistering 25-minute speech in New Hampshire, departing from his usual campaign pitch and signaling that he will aggressively confront Trump as the president pushes unfounded accusations that the former vice president and his son had nefarious d
  
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• Trump confronts liberal Minneapolis ahead of key rally

  09-10-2019 21:13
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Donald Trump is headed to the liberal stronghold of Minneapolis for his first re-election rally since impeachment talk heated up.
  Trump is expected to draw an overflow crowd of fans Thursday at Target Center, the city’s basketball arena.
  The president is embracing the impeachment conflict, trading insults with the city’s Democratic mayor this week and briefly threatening a lawsuit over disputed security costs around the event.
  Trump lands in Minneso
  
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• Sabathia’s shoulder healing, could be on Yanks’ ALCS roster

  09-10-2019 21:13
  NEW YORK (AP) — CC Sabathia could be on the New York Yankees’ roster for the AL Championship Series after missing the previous round with an achy left shoulder.
  The left-hander sat out New York’s three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins in the AL Division Series, but manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday that Sabathia is feeling “considerably better.”
  The 39-year-old Sabathia impressed Boone while throwing a bullpen session Wednesday. Boone says Sabathia is an option fo
  
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• Prosecutors say New York Manafort case isn’t double jeopardy

  09-10-2019 20:57
  NEW YORK (AP) — State prosecutors in New York City asked a judge Wednesday to reject claims by the defense team for twice-convicted Paul Manafort that their mortgage fraud case is double jeopardy.
  In court papers filed in Manhattan, the prosecutors said that the case against the former campaign chairman for President Donald Trump is based on allegations that were never resolved in a 2018 federal trial in Virginia. Jurors found Manafort guilty of eight counts of tax- and bank-fraud charges
  
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• Chiefs’ Hill close to returning while other stars remain out

  09-10-2019 20:46
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs could get star wide receiver Tyreek Hill back for Sunday’s game against Houston, though that may be just about the end of the positive news on the injury front.
  The Chiefs placed defensive tackle Xavier Williams on injured reserve after he sustained a high ankle sprain in last weekend’s 19-13 loss to the Colts. He was among a handful of crucial players that went down during the game, many of whom could still be out for Week 6.
  Left tackle Eric
  
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• Wealthy counties get many FEMA buyouts of flood-prone homes

  09-10-2019 20:26
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A new study finds that FEMA buys flood-prone homes more often in wealthy, populous counties than in poor, rural areas, even though lower-income rural areas may be more likely to flood.
  Researchers from Florida, Delaware and California say this is probably because better-off local governments are better at applying for and administering the programs. They say that could keep people who most need buyouts from getting them.
  The study was published Wednesday in the journal S
  
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• Hall of Fame coach Jim Calhoun accused of sex discrimination

  09-10-2019 20:19
  HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hall of Fame basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been accused of sexual discrimination by a former associate athletic director at the University of Saint Joseph, the Division III school where Calhoun now works.
  Jaclyn Piscitelli filed a lawsuit Wednesday in U.S. District Court against the small Catholic school in West Hartford, which began admitting men in 2018.
  She alleges she was fired after complaining about the conduct of men in the athletic department, including th
  
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• PACC urgently seeks fosters and adopters

  09-10-2019 20:17
  PACC took in 58 pets from hoarding case on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2019/ Courtesy: PACC Twitter
  TUCSON – Pima Animal Care Center urgently seeks fosters and adopters to help make space for incoming pets.
  The shelter says the number of dogs and cats living there has reached its busiest time of year, with 435 dogs and 233 cats on site.
  “We urgently need the community’s help to get pets out now,” said Director of Animal Services, Kristen Hassen-Auerbach. “Most every pet is e
  
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• Livestreaming site Twitch: Video showing shooting near German synagogue that killed 2 was streamed on its site

  09-10-2019 20:14
  HALLE, Germany (AP) — Livestreaming site Twitch: Video showing shooting near German synagogue that killed 2 was streamed on its site .
  The post Livestreaming site Twitch: Video showing shooting near German synagogue that killed 2 was streamed on its site appeared first on KVOA.com.
  
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• The Latest: Bar shooting suspected got probation last year

  09-10-2019 20:07
  KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at a Kansas City, Kansas, bar that left four dead and five wounded (all times local):
  1 p.m.
  A suspect in a weekend Kansas bar shooting that left four dead and five wounded was given probation last year for trafficking contraband while imprisoned for aggravated robbery instead of more time behind bars.
  The Kansas City Star reports that the same Leavenworth County, Kansas, judge that allowed Hugo Villanueva-Morales to avoid prison in the c
  
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• Fed officials sharply divided over September rate cut

  09-10-2019 20:07
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials were sharply divided last month when they decided to cut their key policy rate for a second time this year, a split that indicates the path forward for future rate cuts remains cloudy.
  Minutes of the discussion at the September meeting showed that the majority of Fed officials believed a second quarter-point cut was appropriate given increased economic uncertainty from trade tensions and a slowing global economy.
  However, a “couple” o
  
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• 7 more potential victims have come forward since arrest of former trooper, DPS says

  09-10-2019 20:07
  Seven more potential victims have come forward since the arrest of a former trooper on sex-related, kidnapping and fraud charges and there could be even more, according to the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
  Tremaine Jackson was arrested on Sept. 10. According to court documents at the time, a “pattern of offenses and history of behavior” existed with Jackson before and after the alleged assault of a victim on December 15, 2018.
  The victim in that alleged assault accused Jackson
  
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• Man accused of defrauding clients via fake celebrity charity

  09-10-2019 19:59
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — There may be some bad blood between a former New Hampshire financial adviser and clients he’s accused of defrauding via a fake charity he claimed involved singer Taylor Swift.
  The state bureau of securities regulation recently obtained a court order to freeze the assets of Dain Stokes and prevent him from contacting former clients.
  Authorities say two of those clients invested more than half a million dollars in what Stokes claimed was a charity project in Africa
  
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• Ukraine appoints prosecutor who exposed Manafort case

  09-10-2019 19:57
  KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has appointed a man who exposed under-the-table payments to U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort as a senior prosecutor.
  Analysts say the appointment Tuesday of Viktor Trepak as deputy national prosecutor this week is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s attempt to play both sides of the American political divide.
  Trump pressed Zelenskiy in a July phone call to investigate Democratic political rivals. The call he
  
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• US judge to hear challenge of Mississippi election system

  09-10-2019 19:45
  JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments in a lawsuit that challenges Mississippi’s unique, multistep process of electing the governor and other statewide officials.
  Friday’s hearing comes less than a month before the gubernatorial election between Republican Tate Reeves and Democrat Jim Hood.
  Mississippi’s 1890 constitution requires a statewide candidate to win a majority of the popular vote and a majority of the 122 state House districts. If nobody wins
  
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• Unruly passenger forces flight to divert to Tucson Airport

  09-10-2019 19:32
  David Broseh / Pima County Sheriff’s Department
  TUCSON – A man accused of assaulting Southwest Airlines passengers was apprehended after the plane was diverted to Tucson International Airport Tuesday night.
  Tucson Airport Authority said a Southwest Airlines flight from Dallas headed to Los Angeles landed in Tucson because there was a suspect on board “who appeared to be intoxicated and had assaulted passengers.”
  David Broseh was booked into the Pima County Jail for two co
  
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